Command Usage - Keithley 708B Reference Manual

Section 7: Command reference
5. Where saved. Indicates where the command settings reside once they are used on an
instrument. Options include:
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Create configuration script: This command is saved as part of the configuration script if you save the
current configuration into a script with the createconfigscript() command or the MENU - SCRIPT
- CREATE-CONFIG option from the front panel.
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Not saved: Command is not saved anywhere and must be typed each time you use it.
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Nonvolatile memory: Storage area in the instrument where information is saved when the instrument
is turned off.
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System settings
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6. Default value: Presents the default value or constant for the command. If you read a value, a
number is returned. The returned numbers are defined in the Usage or Details sections of the
command description.

Command usage

The Usage section of the instrument control command listing shows how to properly structure the
command. Each line in the Usage section is a separate variation of the command usage; all possible
command usage options are shown here.
Figure 89: Command usage section
1 Structure of command usage
User-defined
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parameter
1. Structure of command usage: Shows how the parts of the command should be organized.
2. User-defined parameters: Indicated by italics. For example, for the function
beeper.beep(duration, frequency), replace duration with the number of seconds and
frequency with the frequency of the tone. For example, beeper.beep(2, 2400) generates a
two-second, 2400 Hz tone.
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Parameter value options
NOTE
707B-901-01 Rev. A / August 2010